Basin Analysis
Principles and Application to Petroleum Play Assessment
3rd Edition
Published on 21. May 2013
632 pages
978-1-118-45044-4 (ISBN)
Description
Basin Analysis is an advanced undergraduate andpostgraduate text aimed at understanding sedimentary basins asgeodynamic entities. The rationale of the book is that knowledge ofthe basic principles of the thermo-mechanical behaviour of thelithosphere, the dynamics of the mantle, and the functioning ofsediment routing systems provides a sound background for studyingsedimentary basins, and is a pre-requisite for the exploitation ofresources contained in their sedimentary rocks. The third editionincorporates new developments in the burgeoning field of basinanalysis while retaining the successful structure and overallphilosophy of the first two editions.
The text is divided into 4 parts that establish the geodynamicalenvironment for sedimentary basins and the physical state of thelithosphere, followed by a coverage of the mechanics of basinformation, an integrated analysis of the controls on the basin-filland its burial and thermal history, and concludes with anapplication of basin analysis principles in petroleum playassessment, including a discussion of unconventional hydrocarbonplays. The text is richly supplemented by Appendices providingmathematical derivations of a wide range of processes affecting theformation of basins and their sedimentary fills. Many of theseAppendices include practical exercises that give the readerhands-on experience of quantitative solutions to important basinanalysis processes.
Now in full colour and a larger format, this third edition is acomprehensive update and expansion of the previous editions, and represents a rigorous yet accessible guide to problemsolving in this most integrative of geoscientific disciplines.
Additional resources for this book can be found at: www.wiley.com/go/allen/basinanalysis.
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Philip Allen graduated with a Bachelor's degree inGeology from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and a PhD fromCambridge University. He held lectureships at Cardiff and Oxford,and professorships at Trinity College Dublin, ETH-Zürich andImperial College London. He is a process-oriented Earth scientistwith particular interests in the interactions and feedbacks betweenthe solid Earth and its 'exosphere' through thecritical interface of the Earth's surface.
John Allen has over 30 years of experience in theinternational oil and gas industry as a petroleum geologist,exploration manager, senior exploration advisor, and businessstrategist with British Petroleum (BP) and BHP Billiton, as well asseveral years of experience as a non-executive director. He iscurrently based in Melbourne, Australia.
Content
Preface to Third Edition
PART 1 THE FOUNDATIONS OF SEDIMENTARY BASINS
1 Basins in their geodynamic environment
Summary
1.1 Introduction and rationale
1.2 Compositional zonation of the earth
1.3 Rheological zonation of the Earth
1.4 Geodynamic background
1.5 Classification schemes of sedimentary basins
2 The physical state of the lithosphere
Summary
2.1 Stress and strain
2.2 Heat flow
2.3 Rock rheology and strength profiles
PART 2 THE MECHANICS OF SEDIMENTARY BASIN FORMATION
3 Basins due to lithospheric stretching
Summary
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Geological and geophysical observations in regions of continental extension
3.3 Uniform stretching of the continental lithosphere
3.4 Modifications to the reference uniform stretching model
3.5 A Dynamical approach to lithospheric extension
3.6 Estimation of the stretch factor and strain rate history
4 Basins due to flexure
Summary
4.1 Basic observations in regions of lithospheric flexure
4.2 Theory: Flexure of the lithosphere: geometry of the deflection
4.3 The flexural rigidity of oceanic and continental lithosphere
4.4 Lithospheric buckling and in-plane stress
4.5 Orogenic wedges
4.6 Foreland basin systems
5 Effects of Mantle Dynamics
Summary
5.1 Fundamentals and observations
5.2 Surface topography and bathymetry caused by mantle flow
5.3 Mantle dynamics and magmatic activity
5.4 Mantle dynamics and basin development
6 Basins associated with strike-slip deformation
Summary
6.1 Overview
6.2 The structural pattern of strike-slip fault systems
6.3 Basins in strike-slip zones
6.4 Modeling of pull-apart basins
6.5 Characteristic depositional systems
PART 3 THE SEDIMENTARY BASIN-FILL
7 The sediment routing system
Summary
7.1 The sediment routing system in basin analysis
7.2 The erosional engine
7.3 Measurement of erosion rates
7.4 Hillslope-channel processes
7.5 Long-range sediment transport and deposition
7.6 Joined-up thinking: teleconnections in source to sink systems
8 Basin stratigraphy
Summary
8.1 A primer on process stratigraphy
8.2 Stratigraphic cycles: Definition and recognition
8.3 Dynamical approaches to stratigraphy
8.4 Landscapes into Rock
9 Subsidence history
Summary
9.1 Introduction to subsidence analysis
9.2 Compressibility and compaction of porous sediments: fundamentals
9.3 Porosity and permeability of sediments and sedimentary rocks
9.4 Subsidence history and backstripping
9.5 Tectonic subsidence signatures
10 Thermal history
Summary
10.1 Introduction to thermal history
10.2 Theory: the Arrhenius equation and maturation indices
10.3 Factors affecting temperatures and palaeotemperatures in sedimentary basins
10.4 Measurements of thermal maturity in sedimentary basins
10.5 Application of thermal maturity measurements
10.6 Geothermal and palaeogeothermal signatures of basin types
PART 4 PETROLEUM PLAY ASSESSMENT
11 Building Blocks of the Petroleum Play
Summary
11.1 From Basin Analysis to Play Concept
11.2 The Petroleum System and Play Concept
11.3 The Source Rock
11.4 The Petroleum Charge
11.5 The Reservoir
11.6 The Regional Topseal
11.7 The Trap
11.8 Global Distribution of Petroleum Resources
12 Classic and Unconventional Plays
Summary
12.1 Classic Petroleum Plays
12.2 Unconventional Petroleum Plays
12.2.5 Gas Hydrates
12.2.6 Oil Sands and Heavy Oil
12.3 CO2 Geosequestration: an emerging application
Index
